Monday, February 28, 2011

AHH-- it's almost March- QUESTION!

My mommy doesn't think it's a great idea, but I know you knitters do.

The Rockin' Sock Club

What do you think? I am getting more into socks, but have really only made 2 pairs. My mother says this is a bad idea because I like to touch, feel & smell the yarn- yes smell ;-) . This club sends you 6 packages with hand-dyed yarn and 2 special patterns that aren't even out yet. It's pretty exclusive & I like the packages idea. Also, I would be signing up a little late, does that mean I miss out on packages or will those be sent?

I definitely love the idea, but with my inexperience, yet experience with passion, what do you all think?

I'd ask Pudge, but she's at home being all Queeny-

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Sunday Scramble

Sunday's are the usual homework catch-up/ hurry up and do it all day.

My plan for the day was to have brunch, work on a paper, go to the PAAR photo shoot, paper/exam studying and then some dinner and homework and meeting then grocery shopping.

Brunch went as planned, and I finished my cowl before hand! But took photos afterward ;-)


I got a poster from the Oscar's Best Picture Event I went to yesterday,,, which I will explain shortly, but it was a good thing to use backwards and have as a great background :)



It's sooo much better than the first one. A thicker, better sized cowl.



I got a lot of knitting done at this Oscar's Best Picture Event- In between each picture I would do a row or two :)
This Oscar's Event was down at the Lowes Waterfront. They did it for two Saturday's (but we thought there was going to be a 24 hr event... ) and we got to go to this one!

As you know, I'm a CF here at PPU and we got to take some residents to this lovely event! Campus Life made it so that we could go for a better price(which was super helpful).


This is me and my friend Danielle during our dinner break! In between Inception and The Social Network we got to run to Starbucks and Panera. We really needed that Starbucks- we both tried taking naps in Inception (Inception is basically our favorite- but because we've seen it so many time- it was the only movie we COULD nap during).

ANYWAYS- the movies were the following;
11 am Winter's Bone
1 pm Black Swan
3:10 pm Inception
6:45 pm The Social Network
9 pm The King's Speech

It was a tough day, I had no idea how much movie watching drains you! TOTALLY worth it though. I plan on doing this again next year- and actually watching all 10 haha--

Now I deal with the dragging of trying to do homework-- wanting to start my pair of socks, but needing different needles... Looks like it's a scarf next on the agenda of the knit world. My Sunday Scramble is me wanting to nap, but having to get this paper done, but also wanting to knit and watch Gilmore Girls. OHH the complications... It's basically almost Spring Break and I'm lagging no matter what-- let's get this week done!

Til next time ;-) <3

Friday, February 25, 2011

Yummy Yarn, Delicious Dogs, & Comfy Cowl

*Yummy Yarn*
I forgot to tell you, I GOT MORE YARN!!! Hahaha-- I need another storage thing to keep all my yarn here. Also want my needles from home... This dorm room is getting smaller and smaller... LOVE IT, but with yarn and clothes--- it's small.



Those purple skeins were originally 7.95-- 40% off!! I LOVE SALE SECTIONS!!! Hahahaha--- all this yarn was on sale. My mom even has a skein I got and I thought of making something for her with it, but she wanted to crochet with it- ;-) yay! But how's my blanket coming along....?
The pinks are just so yummy I couldn't say no.
Then the blue ones, the think chunky looking ones-- I want a gorgeous long scarf {this is the needles I need from home-- haha}
The light blue that is thinner I think a hat would be nice? Still contemplating...

*Delicious Dog*
NEXT, I finally took some pictures of Franktuary. Addie & I go every Tuesday {or at least try to}, and Finally got to take some pictures of the frankfuled place.



The lovely "Frankly Mona Lisa"



Addie about to enjoy her gummy dog after enjoying a frank topped with jalapenos and onions and mustard-- sooo predictable ;-)



Then here are the other tables-- My mother thinks we just eat at the counter... Actually I don't know what she thinks we eat in-- She needs to go. You totally need to go!!!!!!

*Comfy Cowl*


This is coming along SOOO much better than the first time around. I think I probably knit it faster the first time, but still coming along quickly.

Now along with my knitting, I have homework. This week was long! So many assignments and I was actually on top of it all. Or at least tried to be. My only down fall was yesterday when I woke up at 9:36 AM when I have 9:40 AM class. I got there about 10 AM. Not bad for waking up, getting dressed, looking good and running to West Penn! The floor also planned their game night and that was a lot of fun, but when we went shopping for prizes the day before I got this!



This tiny planters pot is hosting seeds for a rose. I'm not sure how long it will take for this rose to grow, but I'm curious to see if this will work. I do get a lot of sun light from this window spot- but waiting for progress of any greenery.

Now because of the cowl moving so fast and me itching to do my new sock pattern, hope to see some new pictures of another project on needles soon.

Stay tuned!

<3 Carly :)

Monday, February 21, 2011

Love'n the Cold* After the Hate'n Cold

Being sick just stunk! I'm still dealing with an after cough but it's totally better than what I had-

&&& I can show you my COWL! Yes, a cowl. Not a cow, not a col- a cowl. For you non-knitting people, it is a loose circle scarf to say it best. It's supposed to be a loose turtleneck collar but that's why it is a cowl, it's the only part- no sweater.

Here is my 1st attempt at it-- in progress.


{I was wearing a cute outfit that day ;-)} but my cowl no longer looks like this.... It was too big a circle for the small skein I have.... So I ripped it back, everything. I even casted off the first one (I had it on size 8, 16'' circ's) because I wanted to see how it turned out--- I could tell it wasn't the width I wanted it to be, and I can't go get another skein from Bloomin's because I'm downtown for 1 and I bought the last one-- in this colorway at least.

SO here's attempt 2;


I like my pattern idea a lot better for this one and I took 40-50 stitches out of the equation. Hopefully this will be enough, but I will rip back again if I don't like it. I've done it once, I'll do it again! :/ ... haha-- it's really nice to knit with so it's not so bad, but it is rather sad that I thought I had another finished project when it's just another start over... I do love this color though-- it knits up GORGEOUS! {a perk of seeing the whole skein knit already ;-) hahaha}

Next up, *SNOW*



Look at it out there!!!

Anyway, it's gorgeous if you're not catching on! Hahaha--- it's beautiful <3

I'm hoping it keeps coming down like this. I'd love to explore all day long downtown with lots and lots of snow everywhere :)
Until that decision, I'm going back to my homework-- trying to finish it early :) hahaha---
<3

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Quickie

Real fast

I FINISHED JUDY-MOM's FINGERLESS GLOVES!




I had a secret someone deliver them to her this morning... ;-)

She's very happy and I can't wait to see them BOTH on her!

<3 Carly

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A little run down...

Being sick just STINKS!

I am congested, I sound different and coughing just hurts. I hate taking medicine and being lazy is only fun for so long.

I'm going to catch you up on all you missed over the weekend though--

I finished part one of my secret project....

TA DA!!!!
I am making my mother the same pair of fingerless gloves I have for myself. It is her Valentine's Day gift and I had to show her (also wanted to make sure they fit-- as well as see how happy she was that her pair is being made ;-) )!

She's very excited about them :D


BUTTTT before I finished it, I had to frog.... :(

I realized that I had been reading the pattern wrong and although it didn't look bad,,, I had to rip it out. Sucks, but I really finished it quickly for frogging the entire pattern part.

I was also knitting at the ballet with my good friend Addie to try and get it done! Hahah--

We saw DRACULA as you can see and it was pretty sweet. I was confused the first act, loved the second act, and completely surprised the 3rd act. There were FIREWORKS! The costumes were by far the best I've seen and Addie was in LOVE with the blood and ballet combined.

It was our date night (Friday) because I have season tickets to the ballet ;-)

Hhaha---
Well, it's back to tv watching and fluid drinking for me. I hate nasal drip... If you know what it is, you'll know how much hate needs to be emphasized.

P.S. I got pink roses for Valentine's Day ;-)


&&& A resident made me a rice krispy treat in the shape of heart &&& it was PINK! <3


Then here is my progress of glove 2. Moving slower because of this ickly fever/coughing/sweating bit. :-P

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Oh yeah, I LOVE yummy YARN!

I forgot to post all the yummy yarn I have here at school! How silly of me. I think I need another storage box or something for my dorm because 3 bags of yarn isn't doing so well just lying around... Hhahaha--

First I'd like to share the yarn's that are not in projects right now....

{The yarn on the left side is mostly already used and left over things. The STEELERS sock yarn is for a pair of socks I will do for myself, but I've already decided I will do them toe up... Gotta work on figure that out first- haha. The Orange/Yellow, touch of Pink is for a cowl I will be making. Then the top 3 are probably going to be hats. The darkest one will be for boy toy most likely.... Middle one for me-- with purples! YUM! && Hopefully a cable knit hat with the GORGEOUS Pink that I still haven't made anything with. The Cream is a hemp for knitting yarn like my fingerless gloves which I'd love to make another pair for myself. Maybe Christmas gift... I'll keep it in back of mind for now... Then the last 3, a peach/berry/pink I might do a shawl with....}

&&& You had to be curious about the DELICIOUS pink sock yarn right?

Ta Da!!! I've never followed a sock pattern. Haha-- so this will be my first! :) &&& Because I can't show a picture of the thing I'm knitting right now, let's just say I'd love to do these next! ;-)

I'd also like to share my gorgeous flowers that a special boy gave me ;-)

I LOVE all of the colors!! They're so pretty-- I've gotten flowers 3 times from him now since I've been at school! <3

Lastly, I can't believe it's sunny out! So here's a sunny view from my window that surprising doesn't have snow at the moment.

You can see me in the picture too-- haha- that's alright.

Well I'm off to ballet, and hopefully some yummy knitting afterwards. I will try and take pictures as I go with my secret project ;-)

<3 Carly

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

"Sock it to Me"

After announcing on facebook & twitter that I had finally finished my socks, my Aunt Maura that lives in Vegas commented and said "Sock it to Me". So that is my title inspiration-

ANYWAY- They're DONE!!!! I've been wearing them and showing them off ever since I finished them yesterday right before ballet. I wanted to blog about it right then but my homework load is just too much. BUT I really should be studying for NSET right now, but I'm too excited and wanted to blog- hahaha



IF you cannot tell, I had a little photo shoot with my socks after they were finished. . . :)



If you are on RAVELRY, you can see ALL of the pictures, but these are mostly of them :)



&&& because I did these one at a time, I wore the first one while knitting the second one.... I kind of made the second one tighter too... I seem to do that with things I knit two of, which is ok because I actually have two different sized feet. Haha-- Pointe shoes helped me figure that out. ;-)

This is the LEFT one;


This is the RIGHT one;


I'd love to share the next project I'm working on, but I will have to wait for pictures until they are all finished. Maybe I'll cast on something else while I knit this gift, because I know a reader will figure out it is for them ;-)

Peacie <3

CARLY!